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of Kool-Aid to soldiers sta-
tioned in Vietnam. He had
written his mother that the
drinking water in Vietnam
was horrible, but the taste
could be improved with ar-
tificial sweeteners.
Pvt. Greenwald was re-
ported missing Nov. 20,
along with a number of
other men from his brigade
involved in a terrible
battle. Eight men died in
the fight, including Pvt.
Greenwald.
His body was returned to
Detroit for burial. Mem-
bers of the U.S. Tank
Arsenal in Detroit served
as pallbearers.
Pvt. Greenwald's
parents, David and Ruth,
arranged for the plaque in
his honor at the Southfield
Library. Longtime sup-
porters of the library, they
also planted two trees and
donated several books in
Dennis' memory.
A picture of the late
Dennis Greenwald hangs
in the library's quiet study
room.
BUTZEL BUILDINGS
Two east-side Detroit
buildings bear the name of
Fred Butzel, a leading Jew-
ish lawyer and philan-
thropist from the early
1900s to his death in 1948.
The Butzel Family
Center is located on Ker-
cheval near East Grand
Boulevard. Not far away is
the Butzel Middle School
on Van Dyke near East
Vernor.
A Republican, Mr.Butzel
"seemed to become every-
one's ideal and clearly
Detroit Jewry's premier
ambassador to the non-
Jewish world," writes
Sidney Bolkosky in Har-
mony and Dissonance:
Voices of Jewish Identity in
Detroit, 1914-1967.
Active in numerous
child-care institutions, Mr.
Butzel helped establish the
local chapter of the Boy
Scouts, the Wayne County
juvenile court and the
Detroit Boys' Home. He
was instrumental in
creating the Detroit office
of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews.
Mr. Butzel was a strong
advocate for civil rights,
helping form the local Ur-
ban League, serving in
1926 and 1943 on Detroit
race relations committees
and working on an inter-
racial Detroit Council of
Churches commission.
"His accomplishments
soared even higher regar-
ding Jews in Detroit," Pro-
fessor Bolkosky writes. Mr.
Butzel, a dedicated mem-
ber of Tempre .Beth El,
gave donations to send
young men and women to
college and was a major
supporter of the Fresh Air
Society and the Jewish
Welfare Federation. He
served as president of the
Jewish Children's Bureau
and the United Jewish
Charities and in 1937 was
elected honorary president
for life at the first meeting
of the Jewish Community
Council.
Dedicated to resettling
East European Jews flee-
ing the Nazis, Mr. Butzel
in 1938 helped establish
the Resettlement Service.
When Mr. Butzel died,
the Federation and United
Jewish Charitiesplaced a
full-page memorial ad in
the Detroit Free Press. It
was signed by represent-
atives of such diverse
organizations as Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah, the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress and
the Sholem Aleichem In :
stitute.
KUSHI IVRI
At the corner of Brush
and Winder streets, not far
from the Brewster-Douglas
Projects, the Fox Theater
and the ruined remains of a
former Shaarey Zedek syn-
agogue, is a curious
grocery store covered with
Stars of David.
A blue trash can outside
is painted with a large red
Magen David, and on the
side of the building, within
a garden surrounded by a
rickety fence, is a large,
wooden Star of David con-
taining a copy of the Ten
Commandments in Ca-
naanite letters. A white
plaque, reading "Mt.
Sinai," sits at the foot of
the star.
Stars of David cover the
front door of the store,
which has no name. A sign
advertises "Kold Beer"
and wine, the "i" of which
is dotted with a smiley
face.
The owner of the store, a
tall, middle-aged black
man with a white beard,
calls himself "Bro Israel."